Chapter Twenty-Nine: A Gathering of Stars
By the third hour of the test, more than half of the candidates in the hall had been reduced, and it was much deserted, and those who failed the test left in despair, and the rest were still waiting for their fate with fear and expectation.
Contrary to the gloomy fog of this examination room, from the rest of the academy, there was an earth-shattering cheer and shout, mixed with bursts of loud applause, obviously, in the other halls, there were already people who had passed the test one after another, and the results were very dazzling.
Julils walked out of the test circle with a calm expression, and was greeted by a loud cheer and whistle, and his total score was 8,400 points, more than half the admission standard.
"Brother, you succeeded, so good. Juno won excitedly, the girl had also passed the test earlier, and her score of 7,900 points was also quite good.
Julils smiled and gently rubbed the girl's head, "Don't worry, I won't be able to pass this level of testing, and I still have the face to go back to see my father." ”
"However, as far as I know, there are quite a few powerful magicians in this test!" Juno winked mischievously. "Really, I can't believe that some of them have high scores. ”
"Oh, yes?
"The dragon lancer named Rommel, his test result is more than 9,400 points, oh my God, I almost didn't scream, and the expressions of those mages of the Holy Empire are ugly to death, almost disgusting and funny like swallowing a toad. Juno chuckled. "Of course, there are a couple of guys who are also very good. ”
"That's right. Julius smiled indifferently, "By the way, have you ever heard of a mage named Constantine, did he pass the test?"
Juno thought about it carefully, shook his head, and said, "No, that mage either hasn't started the test yet, or he hasn't passed it, so whatever!"
"It's a pity. Julils sighed, and Juno stared at her brother in confusion.
In other halls, there is also a dazzling performance.
A shy boy walked out of the magic array, a little shy to meet everyone's excited shouts, the young man's name is Ora, from the Duchy of Vene, he has achieved a good score of 9,600 points.
Mendeleev, a genius in alchemy from the Elric family in the Duchy of Karoli, had a score of 8,600 points, and on the alchemy scrolls, the average value of his mental power was 997 points, which was close to the maximum score of 1,000 points displayed by a single test clock.
Maxwell, a mage from the Holy Empire's Gray Province, is amazingly gifted in lightning-based elemental magic, with an average score of 994 in a single test.
Copernicus, a young astrologer from the Duchy of France, won the first place in an unpopular astrology test, with an average score of a terrifying 999.
Isaac Newton, a young magician from York Province in the Holy Empire, was plainly dressed and taciturn, and at first no one thought highly of the countryman.
Until the moment his total score was reported, there was no applause, and the hall fell into a dead silence, and everyone, including the teacher of the test, was so shocked by the data that they couldn't speak.
"Thirteen thousand points. The mage in charge of the test looked at Isaac with the eyes of a monster.
At this point, everyone is speechless, and any applause and congratulations are pale in the face of such achievements.
Many of the old mages in the academy even fell into a trance, feeling that there was no other year in history where there were as many geniuses as there are today, so many that they give people a sense of unreality.
Today, it is destined to go down in history.
The star-studded gathering became the most common comment on this day by future historians of magic, and it almost became a common practice in the field of historiography.
Even Diana's score of 8,900 points, which was definitely the best in previous years, ----- mixed with this list, is not so conspicuous.
Even so, when the four princesses walked out of the test magic array, they still won endless cheers and applause, most of them were mages of the Holy Empire, in all fairness, Diana's achievement was also shocking, but the world is often used to focusing on the one at the peak, and the rest of the people are naturally not so eye-catching.
However, most of the mages in the field were also quite self-aware, and they also knew that although the people at the top of the peak were the most dazzling, even the people at the foot of the mountain were strong enough to throw them dozens of streets.
What's more, Diana's well-known identity is a god, and the requirements for spiritual power are far less stringent than magic, and the spiritual power that magicians are good at is not the strength of gods, even if it is not a peak, it is better than a peak.
And now the people of the empire know that this highness of theirs has a record of defeating a demon king from the abyss with his own hands, with such a glorious history, who cares about this achievement on paper?
True power is always more convincing than any data, those magicians with amazing results, in the eyes of the world, they are at best gifted geniuses, and Diana is already a strong person in the true sense.
A strong person must be a genius, but a genius may not always be a strong person.
Diana smiled and beckoned, accepting the cheers of the crowd, but her eyes involuntarily looked at a certain part of the academy.
"Next, Constantine Digeth. ”
Constantine walked into the magic array, and he was the only one left in the main hall at the moment, and the rest of the candidates were either eliminated or knew that they could not pass the test, so they left gloomily.
Picking up a scroll on the ground, Constantine opened it and quickly glanced at it, it was a scroll of fire-type magic.
According to the test regulations, the number of magic scrolls allocated by different factions is: eight for elemental magic, two for each elemental magic, two for the arcane system, two for the astrology system, two for alchemy, and two for nature.
Constantine chanted the incantation on the scroll, and the magic circle under his feet rotated, channeling the magic inspired by this spell into the crystal tablet, and the crystal tablet quickly rose in brightness.
The blue light kept rising, and the hands of the golden clock turned clockwise, and finally stopped at the number four hundred, and the mage on the side kept recording with a pen and paper.
"The first one, Fireball, four hundred points. ”
"The second one, the Yang Yan Mantra, four hundred and twenty points. ”
"The third, the Wind Shield, two hundred and fifty-two points. ”
"The fourth, paralysis, 100 points. ”
.........
The sound of the machine reporting continued to sound, and in the end, after the eight elemental magic scrolls were tested, Constantine's score was 2,800 points, which was still a thousand points short of the 4,000 points that reached the standard
There are eight more.
However, the mages present were no longer very optimistic about him, and according to the situation in the previous tests, generally speaking, if the total score of the spiritual power obtained by the candidate on the elemental scroll did not exceed four thousand points, there was almost no possibility of turning the tables in the future.
Arcane, alchemy, nature, and astrology, these four major factions are all recognized as unpopular factions, and the reason why they are unpopular is that in addition to the high difficulty of practicing these four types of magic, there is also an important reason, that is, the vast majority of magicians are difficult to show outstanding spiritual power in these four types of spells.
It seems that the human soul has an innate preference for elemental spells, and it is a well-established fact that the spiritual power of the mage is far more directional in terms of the elements than the spells of the rest of the factions.
If it is difficult to reach the spiritual power in terms of elements, the spells of the other factions are even more impossible.
The mages in the field knew this, but out of respect for the candidates, they continued the test.
Constantine shook his head helplessly, he also knew that he really didn't have any talent for the elements. At the seminary, the magician who had obtained the Golden Balance also commented that he had practiced too much elemental magic, and it was difficult for him to make further progress.
But at this juncture, he also had to bite the bullet and finish reading all the remaining scrolls.
The next one is an arcane scroll, in which Constantine chants incantations word by word, trying to concentrate his attention.
The mage in charge of the test looked up and stared at the golden magic watch in some surprise, and on the altar, the blue light emitted by the crystal tablet was extremely dazzling.
"Nine hundred and sixty points. The mage stared at Constantine in amazement.
This figure surprised even Constantine himself, although he knew that he was more or less talented in arcane arts, but he did not expect it to be so amazing.
The number boosted his confidence, and he unhurriedly picked up the second arcane scroll and recited the spell again.
This time, the number on the clock was 990.
Even the mage in charge of the test was a little surprised, and the average data of the two tests could reach more than 900 points, which showed that Constantine's talent in arcane arts was indeed quite good.
In this way, Constantine's score on the mental power test had already exceeded four thousand, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He opened the next scroll with ease.
The spells were more cumbersome than ever, but with the solid foundation laid in the seminary's library, Constantine was able to recite the entire incantation with unmistakable accuracy.
The moment the last syllable came out, he felt his head thump and enter a state of wonder.
There was silence all around, and the crystal tablet bloomed with unprecedented light, illuminating the entire hall.
Almost in the blink of an eye, the pointer "jumped" directly below the maximum value.
"A thousand. The mage on the side almost glared out.
One thousand points means that Constantine's spiritual power displayed in the magic of this faction has reached the peak of the current academy's accepted standards.
Of course, this does not mean that the peak of the spiritual power possessed by a magician is one thousand, and the spiritual power displayed by many magicians in their respective fields is far above this data, but it is the result of their many years of meditation and practice, and it is certainly not the same as the candidates who are being tested.
According to the rules of the academy, if the mental power displayed by the candidate in one of the factions reaches this value, regardless of the final score, it can be counted as passing.
This means that even if Constantine's final total score does not reach four thousand, this alone is enough to pass the mental power test.
Constantine picked up the second scroll, and the final test result was still one thousand.
The teachers present calmed down, after all, such perverted data is not unheard of in the history of the academy.
It's just that......
"Astrology, it's a pity. One of the mages glanced at the scroll Constantine had put down and shook his head.
Astrology is the most widely known among the magic factions, and astrologers can be said to have little presence compared to the magicians of other factions.
This magic is obscure and esoteric, and it is extremely difficult to practice, and many highly qualified mages are denied access to astrology for the rest of their lives.
Compared to the spells of the other factions, the role of astrology is almost the lowest, both in power and effect, it is far inferior to other magic, and almost no mage will devote his life to this boring faction.
The reason for the mages' pity is very simple, such excellent spiritual power has appeared in such an unpopular magic, which is really pitiful.
Constantine reacted, and also felt incredible, in his impression, he seemed to have never been exposed to astrology, why was his mental power tested on the astrology scroll so terrifying?
Then there were alchemy and natural spells, and this time, Constantine finally didn't show up for the astrology and arcane tests, and the mental power data in both tests were mediocre, even worse than elemental magic.
In the end, Constantine's test score was 7,200 points.
"Congratulations, Constantine Digeth, you have successfully passed the mental power test. One of the mages said sincerely. "However, as your senior, I would like to give you a piece of advice, if you enter the academy, you can consider practicing arcane in the future, there are many powerful arcane masters in the academy, which will provide you with a great boost to your future cultivation, don't waste your energy on ethereal astrology, this is a dead end. ”
"Thank you for your advice. Constantine replied respectfully, in fact, the most important task for him at the moment was to pass the assessment, and he did not particularly care how high the score was and what kind of magic he chose to practice in the future.